Mode of construgttjmq doll-heads and other toys



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l Specificationibrmingfpart ofLetters Patent No. 46.270, dated Februar-51.7, 1865. V

To all whom Ait may ooucera:

Be it known that I, Mrs.`L. SLLEE, of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of villinois, .have yinvented,anew andl useful Im'- provement in Dolls Heads and other Toys;-

andl do hereby declare that the following is.

avfull, clear and exact description thereof, which-'will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had Ato 'the acooinianying drawing. 'forming' vpart j The drawlng',ieonsisting` of only lone iigure,

shows an e eration of a vertical" section of a dolls head4 made according to my invention.

\ `This invention consists inmaking the heads of'dollsandother toys of such materials and.

' insuch a way as to.A prevent them from being?v ,Easily 4broken by falls' oriotheijfiblence vwhich 1:

iinay happen tio-them. 'Y 'f i' j-'flhedolls h eadA which I'have here shown in order tof-illustrate the principle of my invention'is not meant as a 'guide in form or size,

'hutlonlyas a means of explaining the coustructionof'toys of thisand like kinds. The

.lhesaid outer pounded of glue, vinegar, and plaster-of-paris,

, 0r their equivalents.-` This compound pos l. sessesthe advantage of lightness, and is easily molded .while wet and plastic, ,and rapidly sets The process of construction is as follows: A triX is ii'rst to be made out ot' plaster-otparis, and usually in two sections. In making a dolltsfhead, the matrix may be in two sections'or parts-oneanswering to the face andfront and the V.other tothe. back of the head. f l he `leather which is to form' the outer',

coating or surface of the ldolls head is next 'l cut 'to fit to the size ofthe-several sections o r parts of the matrix, and then soaked in Water until itis sufiiciently soft and pliable. It is 'y then laid vwithin the several matrices and 'l pressedand forced intothexu soa-s to conformA lfully to all the lines and curses therein. The leather should be laid with its smooth or iinished surface to the walls of the matrices. lt

is then to be pressed .and rubbed with a yarn ball,- or av sponge or other suitable absorbing material, lWhich'will absorb or soak up the surplus water from 'the leather without displacing any part of itscongurations in the' matrices. nA. smallvportion of "glue is next dis# solved in trinegar and the solution is thickened '-With. plaster-of-paris until thel massv is 'of a proper or usual consistency, when yit is im ef dately poured upon the leather in suc'ent quantity tofhold the leather in shape after it is removed from the matrix. The forms thus molded are next taken out from` their matriformed are designated in the drawing by the letters. B C, and the letter .lv designates the joint't'ormed between the said parts; ,'lhece4 ment or composition D should b e in sufcient thickness to form aA body or support for the leather or otherjm'aterial which't'orms the outer lcovering ot' the toy. `'The said covering is then painted and Varnislledy tolsuit the fancy and taste of the maker.'`

Dolls heads and other toys made vafter this method are very durable', as well as economcal. p They'are not easily defaced and arenot liable to. disgure'nxent from' the f fracture loftheir more prominent partsjand features.

I claim as-new 'and "desiroto secureby Letv -ters Patent- 'f 1. Makin gdolls heads Yand. other. toys' of an,- i outer covering 'of leather, or Aits equivalent,

and an inner body of cement'which sets and hardens so as toA support the said covering in shape, substantiallyasfabove describeoltv 2. The cement' or compositionkabove. de-

scribedfor making a body or backing to" sustainzthe outer surface 'ofr the toy. l LUonn'rIA nsALLnE. 1

.'Witnesses: j y' 'H.CREA,

l WM. W. LAPHAM.

ces and united at their edges l'by lapping one'. ledge-over the other, and the joint cemented v l,by the cement aforesaid. ',lhe partsl thus 

